Rhonda Walters
“Know Jesus, know peace; no Jesus, no peace” is Rhonda Walters’ life theme. Since she became a devoted Christian as an undergraduate student, she has aligned all of her endeavors around God’s will, and not her own.
While at Regent Law she was a regional finalist in the 2008 ABA Moot Court Competition where she won the award for 2nd best brief in the region and ranked among the Top 16 competitors in the nation. She also graduated in the top of her class and served as a well-respected student leader.
After graduating in 2008, Walters landed a coveted clerkship with the Chief Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court.
She recognizes, however, that it wasn't her talent or her ambition which cleared the path for her success. “There are moments that I am still uncertain of how exactly I excelled. Those are the moments when I am certain God carried me,” she says.
Walters attributes her legal success to a combination of God’s faithful leading and timing with the academic excellence she received at Regent University School of Law. “Better professors, there are none,” she says about the Regent Law faculty. “While they taught with excellence, they’ve also demonstrated the dire need for integrity and Christian leadership in our profession. This has helped me strive to be a better person with exceptional character traits, and this directly correlates to being a better, more dependable lawyer.”
The advocacy skills she gained through Moot Court combined with classroom training prepared her to serve as an effective judicial clerk today.
